"Metal was in such demand during World War II that Americans unbolted the bumpers from their cars and sent them to be melted down into tanks, guns and ships. Starting this month, one of the last great Adirondack vestiges of this desperate scramble for steel will itself be sent to the scrapheap, as crews began to dismantle the mammoth No. 7 concentrating and sintering plant on Switchback Road in Mineville."
Death of an Adirondack relic
Mineville's No. 7 steel plant is slated for demolition; and the community has hopes for a new use of property
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